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A Madrid October: The weapon of hunger
Capital exploits by appropriating human creativity and makes this exploitation the necessary condition to accede to those goods required for human survival. It is a system, not in any static sense, comprised of a complex of social relations of domination; … Continue reading
The struggle for a commons: Chronicles from spain
Civil war is the free play between forms-of-life; it is their principle of co-existence. “War” because in each singular play between forms- of-life, the possibility of a fierce confrontation — the possibility of violence — can never be discounted. “Civil,” … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Occupations, Okupations, Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca, revolution, spain
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In the days of our wars
…Empire has succeeded in shaping, out of the debris of civilisation, a new humanity, organically won over to its cause: citizens. Citizens are those who, in the very midst of the general social conflagration, persist in proclaiming their abstract participation … Continue reading
The fascist face of capitalism: In memory of Pavlos Fyssas
The death of one at the hand of fascists is the death of all. It testifies to a failure, the failure of our ability to resist, and possibly to understand how to resist. Fascism is not a simple political irrationality; … Continue reading
Rebelling against debt: examples from spain
… discourses of crises become a way to governmentally produce and manage (rather than deter) the crisis. “Crisis” becomes a perennial state of exception that turns into a rule and common sense and thus renders critical thinking and acting redundant, … Continue reading
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Tagged debt, Maurizio Lazzarato, Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca, revolution, spain
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Occupy Wall Street, two years on …
(poster from the Brooklyn Artist's Alliance) Anniversaries are always problematic. While celebratory, they lend themselves to nostalgia, nostalgia for past feats, glories, passions, which may mask present poverty and paralyse action in the present. They also lend themselves to accountings … Continue reading
The Sirens of representation: 15M before the seduction of elections
… all power is derived from the people, they possess it only on the days of their elections. After this it is the property of their rulers. Benjamin Rush … we are confronted even in the midst of the French … Continue reading
The poetry of a revolution: In memory of chile
Forty years ago (11/09/1973), chile’s revolution was brought to a violent close by the intervention of the country’s military, with the support and connivance of local and international capitalist interests. Thousands would die, and many more would be imprisoned, tortured … Continue reading
Capital’s cracks are everywhere: romania
For over a week, squares and streets in dozens of cities and towns throughout romania have been occupied in an effort to stall or stop resource extraction that threatens the loss of homes, land, even whole villages. Poetry takes the … Continue reading
Fascism and anti-fascism: greek interventions
Posted on reinform and From the Greek Streets … Let’s get done with the system that breeds fascism – An interview with Dimitris Kousouris Dimitris Kousouris is one of the first political victims of Golden Dawn attacks. On June 16th, … Continue reading →